Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Carolina, 1935

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,462
2	Betty	848
3	Shirley	651
4	Dorothy	570
5	Barbara	422
6	Annie	418
7	Margaret	392
8	Frances	292
9	Elizabeth	287
10	Helen	270
10	Sarah	270
12	Martha	267
13	Doris	232
14	Virginia	218
15	Ruth	213
16	Ruby	208
17	Willie	206
18	Mildred	204
19	Louise	198
20	Patricia	193
21	Rosa	183
22	Lillie	174
23	Peggy	167
24	Evelyn	166
25	Nancy	164
26	Carolyn	159
27	Carrie	150
28	Alice	146
29	Thelma	141
30	Gladys	140
31	Joyce	136
32	Ethel	134
33	Sara	129
34	Edna	125
34	Minnie	125
36	Emma	123
36	Mattie	123
38	Bobbie	122
39	Catherine	120
40	Clara	118
41	Bernice	117
42	Ella	115
43	Jessie	107
44	Bertha	106
44	Juanita	106
46	Hattie	102
47	Daisy	101
48	Julia	100
49	Bessie	99
50	Janie	97

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,668
2	John	973
3	William	884
4	Robert	763
5	Willie	613
6	Charles	598
7	Thomas	404
8	George	360
9	Bobby	345
10	David	288
11	Henry	285
12	Joe	278
13	Joseph	258
14	Edward	255
15	Richard	239
16	Billy	208
17	Leroy	200
18	Harold	191
19	Frank	187
20	Samuel	176
21	Paul	172
22	Walter	170
23	Jack	168
24	Donald	145
25	Arthur	136
26	Marion	135
27	Ernest	132
28	Jimmy	130
29	Clarence	126
30	Eugene	121
31	Jerry	116
32	Albert	115
33	Charlie	114
34	Fred	113
35	Harry	109
36	Roy	107
37	Carl	103
37	Franklin	103
39	Herbert	99
39	Kenneth	99
41	Raymond	97
42	Johnny	96
43	Jimmie	94
44	Nathaniel	92
45	Olin	89
46	Earl	88
47	Johnnie	86
48	Eddie	85
49	Roosevelt	82
50	Benjamin	78